Linked by Greg Afinogenov on Wed 3rd Sep 2003 07:19 UTC
It is not fashionable nowadays to speak of the merits of the command line, in an age where things like streaming video and Aqua are an integral part of our daily life. However, I do not think that typed-in commands must necessarily be consigned to the dustbin of computer history. Of course, I am not suggesting that we all drop X and Windows and pretend like we are living in the early eighties. The command line interface still has much to offer us, and many of its benefits simply cannot physically be emulated or even replaced by graphical ones.
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i simply required to type:
ws
123
dbase
...then i got GUI (even in text mode and usually no mouse support) to get my work done..
'CLI better than GUI' simply an excuse by linux people because their GUI (gnome/kde/gnustep) are sucks!! no Complete, not transparent, hard to install, not consistent, no usefull Apps, primitife, not inovative just copy someone else hard work ...